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Community child health, public health, and epidemiology
Hepatitis B incidence among South Asian children in England and Wales: implications for immunisation policy
  1. S Hahné1,
  2. M Ramsay1,
  3. K Soldan1,
  4. K Balogun1,
  5. P Mortimer2
  1. 1Public Health Laboratory Service, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK
  2. 2Public Health Laboratory Service, Sexually Transmitted and Blood-borne Virus Laboratory, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr S Hahné
    HPA-CDSC, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK; susan.hahnehpa.org.uk

Abstract

The incidence of acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is higher among South Asian than among non-South Asian UK residents, and infections in South Asians occur more often during childhood. The UK’s immunisation policy should be changed to protect ethnic minority children against HBV infection.

  • hepatitis B virus
  • HBV
  • ethnic groups
  • immunisation policy
  • UK

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.88.12.1082

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